
WORKSHOP AND STORAGE
Articles on organizing and improving your Workshop. Home Workshop Hall of Fame.


The Ultimate Tony Stark Inspired Workshop
We’ve all seen photos of unbelievably spectacular garages filled with exotic cars. Some of them are more like museums or theme parks than garages. Jay Leno and Ralph Lauren both have amazing facilities of this kind. But let’s say that in addition to having the time...
Shop Vac vs Dust Collector: Easy Guide
Introduction In the never-ending quest for a pristine and dust-free environment, homeowners, craftsmen, and DIY enthusiasts face a perplexing dilemma: the showdown between two titans of debris management, the Shop Vac and the Dust Collector. This clash of the Titans...![Bolt Grades Chart and Strengths [ Quick Reference + PDF ]](https://www.cnccookbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/BoltMarkingsThumb.jpg)
Bolt Grades Chart and Strengths [ Quick Reference + PDF ]
US Bolt Grades Chart with Strength Chart The most common SAE bolt grades are Grade 2, Grade 5, and Grade 8. Metric Bolt Grades Chart with Strength Chart The most common bolt grades are 8.8, 10.9, and 12.9. What Are These Numbers? Bolts are made at different...
32 Killer Ideas: Organize Your Workshop & Garage Storage Now
Workshop and Garage storage, shelving, organization, cabinets–there are never enough ideas to go around. If your shop is like mine, you’ve managed to fill it with so much stuff (your treasures) that it’s a mess. You’d like to up your...![Lathe Tool Storage [QCTP Holder Storage]](https://www.cnccookbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ToolHolder1-1.jpg)
Lathe Tool Storage [QCTP Holder Storage]
Lathe Tool Storage [QCTP Holder Storage] An Idea Notebook on ways to organize your lathe tooling, especially QCTP holders. Another cool way to save space and organize your tooling: Lazy Susan toolholder rack by Stan on HMEM makes for a very efficient use of...
Welding Projects
Welding Projects Welding Table and Cart Ideas A potpourri of great ideas for your own Welding Table or Cart: Mill Stand I’d had my Industrial Hobbies mill sitting on its shipping palette for too long and decided it was time to build a stand for it....
Home Machine Shop Hall of Fame, Page 3
Home Machine Shop Hall of Fame, Page 3 Upstate NY Auto Restoration Shop Here is a fellow that loves a great shop, loves cars, and loves Monarch lathes. How can you beat that? In case you wonder what he builds in that shop… I like putting the sockets with the...
Home Machine Shop Hall of Fame, Page 2
Home Machine Shop Hall of Fame, Page 2 GTC’s Knife Making Shop in Brazil Shop made belt surface grinder… Details of feed, height adjustment, and a knife being ground… Cross slide and ways… Before and after surface grinding… Knife grinder...
Home Machine Shop Hall of Fame, Page 4
Home Machine Shop Hall of Fame, Page 4 J. King’s Fabulous Shop I’ve been keeping my eye peeled for notes from this fellow ever since seeing his fabulous collet chuck made from an automatic transmission planetary gear set: Beautiful Shopmade Collet Chuck...
CNC Workshop Projects
These are projects that will make your workshop more productive. Belt Sander Idea Gallery DIY Disc Sander Shop Compressed Air System Welding and Fabrication – Welding Table – Press Brake Attachment Workshop Organization 32 Killer Workshop...